Contributor Jerome J. Perry; James T. Staley; Stephen Lory; Sinauer Associates; Sumanas, Inc.

Update
01-01-2002
Content Type
Multimedia
Grade Level
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This multimedia presentation shows how HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, destroys cells within the immune system. The animation explains how the retrovirus attaches to the host cell, enters the cell, and replicates the cell damaging the helper T cells. A quiz is provided at the end. >